Cleaning kits

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What is everyone using? Are you just using a USGI kit or some other pre-made kit specific to the AR platform? Did you piece one together? What about CLP? Tell me all about your stuff.

[blksheep 466]

http://www.hoppes.com/cleaning-kits/legend-cleaning-kit

[blksheep 466]

Usually some CLP and some dental picks with some rags.

 

I also picked up a Gerber 600ST for the kit and its fantastic.

[High Exposure 5,670]

Slip 725 Cleaner

Slip 2000 EWL

.223 Bore-snake

Q-tips

Old teeth-brush

Old Hand Towel

Old Wash cloth

Old T-shirt

[jrfly3006 42]

Hoppes for cleaning

CLP (the old stuff not Safariland brand) for oiling

Two end USGI brush

One piece .223 specific rod

.22 cal brush and swab

Few old rags

Patches

Dental pic

Qtips

Though about a specific AR chamber/lug cleaning tool but havent pulled trigger yet

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Chamber brush?

 

Anything special for the gas tube?

[jrfly3006 42]

Chamber brush? Anything special for the gas tube?

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/375009/montana-x-treme-mtx-ar-15-chamber-brush-8x32-thread-nylon

 

Theres a few out there like this one...

[High Exposure 5,670]

Q-tips and toothbrush With the slip cleaner for the chamber.

 

I swap out the gas tube every 5000-7000 rounds as preventative maintenance. No need to clean it.

[GRIZ 3,369]

Hoppes or GI borecleaner

GI rod with chamber brush

One piece rod for bore

Bore brush

GI toothbrush

Brass bristle toothbrush

Old Tshirt (if you're patient you can cut your own patches from these)

Dental picks or equivalent

 

Discovered Dri Slide for lubricant before I went to Vietnam and it worked 100% there so continued to use it. That includes two years of running around the desert in a 4x4, on a dirtbike, and even horseback. Switched to CLP in the 80s because of greater availability but pick up some Dri Slide when I run across it. There is nothing better in a hot dusty environment although CLP works good there.

 

I was told in 1968 you don't need to do anything but clean off the exterior of the gas tube. That's what I've done for 45 years and never had any gas tube problems.

 

The only thing I use grease on is a Garand, M14, Mini 14, or similar action and then its Mobil 1 grease applied with a big syringe.

[JackDaWack 2,895]

I bought the otis elite kit and it came with just about everything to clean an AR, and use what ever lube u want... the chamber brush makes cleaning pretty easy..

[checko 180]

I bought the otis elite kit and it came with just about everything to clean an AR, and use what ever lube u want... the chamber brush makes cleaning pretty easy..

Clean an ar or any handgun or any shotgun etc

 

Got this kit for Christmas and its got cleaning kit for everything short of a howitzer it seems. Even optics cleaners. Has a zippered carrying case and how's right in my range bag.

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Good stuff. Thanks guys. Got most of that stuff except for the Slip 725. Might give that stuff a try.